Defn: Any one of six metameric hydrocarbons, (CH3)2.C6H3.NH2, resembling aniline, and related to xylene. They are liquids, or easily fusible crystalline substances, of which three are derived from metaxylene, two from orthoxylene, and one from paraxylene. They are called the amido xylenes.
Note: The xylidine of commerce, used in making certain dyes, consists chiefly of the derivatives of paraxylene and metaxylene.
XYLINDEIN
Xy*lin"de*in, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo.
XYLITE
Xy"lite, n. Etym: [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
Defn: A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.
XYLITONE
Xy"li*tone, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A yellow oil having a geraniumlike odor, produced as a side product in making phorone; — called also xylite oil.
XYLO-
Xy"lo-.
Defn: A combining form from Gr. xy`lon wood; as in xylogen, xylograph.